Are you planing to increase( instead of decreasing every year) budget for Community Centers, especially for children activities on the weekends, as well as for the mental heath programs, in order to prevent violence and crimes mostly against women? Just increasing number of police officers would not be enough.

Branka
asked
5 days ago

The City is not decreasing budget for children’s programs at
community centres; programming continues to grow and the 2019 budget includes
the City’s investment in a new community centre in the Churchill Meadows
area. Mental health programs and support are offered within the City of
Mississauga through many community agencies and organizations, including
neighbourhood services organizations, youth centres and Trillium Hospital
System. Most of these programs are funded by the province of Ontario and
the Region of Peel, and would be part of the budget at those levels of
government. Information on available programs can be found at this
link: https://www.peelregion.ca/housing/pdf/cmha-peel.pdf.

Under Road Intersection improvement program, Citywide intersection were repaired. At each crossroad, new Metal plateform were installed but all of them got rusted now and looks very ugly.
I want to know who was responsible for that and is their any plan to replace them better material.

Singh
asked
5 days ago

As of January 1, 2016 the
Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA) requires newly
constructed or reconstructed sidewalk ramps to have tactile walking surface
indicators (TWSI) installed. The City is complying with this requirement where
new sidewalks are being constructed or replaced.

The indicators that are
installed in the City of Mississauga are made of cast iron. Initially, cast
iron will develop a rusty red colour which may stain the sidewalk in the first
year following installation. The stain will eventually disappear and the cast
iron will develop a natural patina, which provides an even greater tonal
contrast with the sidewalk.

The City of Mississauga
undertook its own studies prior to installing tactile walking surface
indicators to meet the AODA standards. The City found bare, uncoated cast iron
plates superior as a result of their durability, safety and slip resistance.
Additionally, cast iron tactile walking surface indicators most closely meet
the CSA and Ontario Ministry of Transportation standards.

The City of Mississauga’s
decision to employ the use of bare, uncoated cast iron tactile walking surface
indicators also aligns with the best practices of many municipalities in
Ontario. In 2017, Staff performed a municipal scan of 16 municipal
jurisdictions, including: Brampton, Burlington, Halton Region, Kitchener,
London, Niagara Falls, Niagara Region, Oakville, Oshawa, Ottawa, Peel Region,
Sarnia, St. Catharines, Toronto, Windsor and York Region. Of the 16
jurisdictions benchmarked, 11 of them, use uncoated, bare cast iron for tactile
walking surface indicators.

Finally, it is our
understanding at the City of Mississauga that the use of cast iron tactile
walking surface indicators provides no serious health or environmental concerns
for the City of Mississauga. In particular, the City of Mississauga is not
aware of any other municipality in Canada reporting negative environmental or
health effects associated with tactile walking surface indicators — although
cast iron initially develops a rusty red colour which may stain the sidewalk in
the first year following installation, the cast iron will eventually develop a
natural patina which not only provides an even greater tonal contrast with the
sidewalk but is also safe for the environment and for all pedestrians who use
the sidewalk.

Why are we allocating 23% to more transit . I am aware some routes may need more buses in peak times . Why don't we install a proper passenger counter so we can logistically use what we have where we need them and when rather than invest in more . I live on the Collegeway near Mississuaga road close U of T Erindale and all I see are empty buses with no people or 1 or two. Also I see the same scenario on major roads during rush hours. I do think spending money on a proper logistic network would be better use of tax payers money than spending more .

bruno Monti
asked
11 days ago

Thank
you for submitting your question regarding the MiWay budget and service hours.
We are pleased to provide you with the following clarification.

When
developing the Transit Business Plan, our transit service planners and
management team review ridership levels and demands on routes, and propose
increased service to ensure service reliability and to prevent overcrowding
during peak periods. The 2019 budget reflects increased service requirements to
manage ongoing construction projects across the city, increase service hours on
existing routes, strengthen our major corridors on Saturdays and Sundays to
meet ridership demands and to prepare the network for the Hurontario Light Rail
Transit.

The
numbers you refer to reflect the already approved 2018 budget. In 2019 MiWay
has requested a total number of service hours of 31,000, plus 9,800 for
Hurontario Light Rail Transit Construction Service Management. This increase is
service level, plus other transit requests, is 22 per cent of the City’s total
expenditures for the 2019 budget. The costs of operating the MiWay
transit service is a balance between property taxes and customer fares.
In 2019 customers will cover 46 per cent of the Operational cost and the
remaining 54 per cent is covered through the property taxes. So customers
will pay for 46 per cent of the 23 per cent increase.

Please renew the community TV show so that we can see debating of councilor and city hall activities. We don't know who were contesting for City councilor's job in the last election and who is our councilor.
Thanks

Sapan Banerjee
asked
11 days ago

While
Rogers TV ended its community programming in the fall of 2017, the City of
Mississauga’s website does provide live streaming of all Council meetings and
selected committee meetings. During the recent Municipal Election, we also
created a dedicated web page that featured information on all the candidates
along with full up-to-the-minute election coverage.

The
City’s website also includes a Mayor and Council page that lists the
Councillors for each ward and links to the Councillors’ individual websites.

What are doing to increase the affordable housing in the city? The rent are increasing every month and why should people pay almost $1800 CAD for low quality and small size 1 bedroom unit?

ruchita.c.desai
asked
2 months ago

Thank you for your question about affordable housing. The City’s housing strategy Making Room for the Middle identifies rental housing as a priority. It includes actions designed to help preserve existing rental housing and encourage new builds. For example, in June 2018 a new Rental Housing Protection By-law that controls the conversion and demolition of existing rental units was approved. The strategy also promotes creating more second units, inclusionary zoning which would require that some units in new buildings be set aside as affordable and partnerships with other levels of government to support new housing development. While the City cannot control market rents, it is using the tools at its disposal to address housing affordability issues.

Why is that in the area of Churchill meadows going to be another community center there is one on Thomas st and now there is going to be one at the corner of Thomas st and ninth line where in the area of ninth line and derry rd the closes community center is Meadowvale area when there is alot of kids in that area

Filomena
asked
2 months ago

Thank you for your question regarding the new community centre being constructed in Churchill Meadows. The other centre you reference on Thomas Street is the current Churchill Meadows Activity Centre, which is not a full community centre, but consists of two program rooms and shared space with St. Joan of Arc school as well as the library. The new community centre will expand the programming for youth, adult and older adults, with a swimming pool, therapy pool, large gymnasium and additional multi-purpose spaces. It will be adjacent to sports fields, one of which will be have a seasonal air-supported structure for indoor soccer and other turf sports. This new location will expand our services to meet the needs of the growing community, which includes many families as well as seniors. The current Activity Centre will offer meeting space, library programs, and will not duplicate the services being offered at the new community centre. For more information on the community centre project, please visit our project website.

Why is mississauga not increasing the Transit capacity for peak times. the 502 route of Brampton Transit is more comfortable to take than the Mississauga one? Why can't you add more capacity to the existing bus and decrease the waiting time from 15 min to 10 min for most other feeder routes?

ruchita.c.desai
asked
2 months ago

Currently along the Hurontario corridor, MiWay’s Route 103 – Hurontario Express provides a consistent frequency of approximately 9 – 11 minutes throughout the day. Service levels on Route 103 are consistent with that of Brampton’s Zum Route 502 especially during the peak periods. Although both routes service the Hurontario corridor, the destinations/terminals each route connect to differ and therefore the overall passenger activity along each route is quite different.

Capacity along any route is aligned with ridership demand in order to ensure the efficient use of resources while being respectful of taxpayers' dollars. Therefore, service along express routes is designed to be more frequent due to their high ridership demand, whereas frequencies on local routes tend to be slightly wider to account for their lower ridership levels. Frequency improvements (and consequently additional capacity) are typically based on both passenger demand and the availability of buses and operators. During the peak periods, all our resources (whether operators or buses) are utilized and maximized to the fullest in order to provide the existing service levels that customers have available to them. As resources become available frequency improvements go to where the existing ridership demands are growing and/or where incidents of overcrowding are occurring.

Service Development staff continually monitor ridership levels on all routes throughout the system via annual ridership counts. This ridership data is analyzed and improvements are then determined to increase frequency and streamline services for faster travel.

MiWay is committed to increasing service levels throughout our system and providing additional capacity but current resource levels only permit the system wide frequency levels to be achieved over time as additional buses are purchased and operators are hired. As you can appreciate, there are many needs throughout our system and we must balance the available resources with competing demands for increased service. As demand changes, MiWay will continue to respond to changes in customer travel patterns with an emphasis on strengthening our network with higher frequencies that improve service and reduce connection times.

Why can’t we find different ways to raise more revenue?

3 months ago

Only sixty per cent of all services and
programs we deliver are funded by the property tax. We receive revenues from
other sources, such as user fees, developer contributions and gas tax.

The Ontario Municipal Act limits how the City
can generate new non-tax revenue. The City of Mississauga and other Ontario
municipalities have asked for changes to the Act to give local governments more
revenue-generating options. As a result of recent changes to provincial
legislation, Mississauga City Council approved the implementation of a four per
cent Municipal Accommodation Tax effective April 1, 2018.

Why isn’t the City finding efficiencies?

3 months ago

We challenge ourselves to find efficiencies
each year. The City has saved more than $52 million since 2009 by innovating
and improving processes. Through our commitment to continuous improvement, we
have adopted Lean and other tools to improve the way the City works.

For example, by making changes such as making
our Active Guide an online tool, eliminating MiWay paper passes and switching
to LED street lighting, the City is finding efficiencies and new ways to save
money.

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